Anxiety

[Rosie92]

I'm a 21 year old female.
I suffer anxiety but am Normaly healthy. Iv got a chest infection which started Monday.
I was on amoxicillin 250mg but they didn't help so am now on 500mg instead.
Am so scared after reading all over that you may have pnemunia and think its a chest infection.
Please help ..
Any advice or help would be appreciated xxo

Did the doctor listen to your chest before upping your dose to 500? If so, she/he will have been listening for signs of pneumonia and would have told you if you had it. I woukd go back when you are well to discuss treatment for health anxiety- CBT is ver good. Good luck!

ok - i have anxiety. when i am ill, or am having a hard time. i can at times get severe health anxiety.

which means, if i get a headache - i will more often than not think it's a brain tumor. (only when my anxiety is high)

so it is perfectly normal for you to think a chest infection is pnemunia.
advice is to stay away from googling symptoms as it is the worst thing you can do.

trust me, i spent many hours self diagnosing, and then feeling ten times worse for it afterwards.
i would always get to the point where i was probably dying.

ThankYou all so much.
I went back today & chest is now clear.
Hopefully the anxiety will then calm down. And I start cbt next week.